You were lookin' at your mother   So you went and told your father   Daddy don't say nothin' he's got plenty in his past   Changed your way of thinkin'   So you started drinkin'   And you got arrested for drivin' blind      Take the rap, take the rap   It's gonna break your back, it's a fact, take the rap      It was lined up on the mirror   And you just started shavin'   Didn't know what you were smokin'   Cigarette came from a friend   Judge said you're delinquent   You don't want to think it   So you put your head down, started servin' time      Take the rap, take the rap   It's gonna break your back, take the rap      Tried to talkbut I got nothin' to prove--why you want to?    Tried to run they took away my shoes--why you want to?    Why you want me to take the rap?       Take the rap, take the rap   It's gonna break your back, take the rap      Well your damned if iron bars'll   Keep you rottin' in a prison   Hell is lookin' better 'cause you'll   Never get to heaven   See your chance and take it   Sure you're gonna make it   You're prepared to take it 'cause you're never gonna...      Take the rap, take the rap   It's gonna break your back, it's a fact, take the rap         (written by nazareth)   Copyright 1982 fool circle music limited   All rights reserved.   Lyrics used by permission   Reproduction prohibited